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Eye Care In Focus

Tuesday, 1st October 2024

The Gibson Hotel, Dublin

The Eye Care in Focus Conference is a 1-day clinical education meeting for the multi disciplinary team working across community and hospital care in Ireland.

The meeting, hosted by the Irish College of Ophthalmologists, provides an excellent forum for knowledge sharing amongst those involved in the delivery of eye care.

The Gibson Hotel, Dublin
North Dock, Dublin, D01 X2P2

CME Accredited - 6 CPD Points

8.00am Check In and Refreshments
8.30am Welcome address
 Mr John Doris
President, Irish College of Ophthalmologists

 

8.35am

Clinical Session: Cataract

Development of a Cataract Pathway in Dublin North East
 Mr Tim Fulcher
Ophthalmologist, Mater Hospital and Beaumont Hospital, Dublin

Challenging Clinical Situations in Cataract Surgery
 Ms Lisa McAnena
Ophthalmologist, Mater Hospital and Beaumont Hospital, Dublin

Optometrist Led Post-op Cataract Clinic
 Ms Chriosa O'Connor
Clinical Optometrist, Mater Hospital, Dublin

CH07 Referral Pathways and Service
Dr Margaret Morgan
Ophthalmologist, CHO7 and Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin.

10 Ways to Improve Cataract Referrals
Ms Tania Constable
Clinical Optometrist, CHO7

  Q&A
10.30am Refreshments
11.00am

Making your Practice more Sustainable

Sustainability in Cataract Surgery
 Dr Alison Greene
Ophthalmology SpR, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin

Recycling - It's the Simple Things
 
Theatre Nurse, University Hospital Waterford

Simple Ways to Make Your Practice More Sustainable

Head of Sustainability, Specsavers UK/IRE

  Q&A
12.00pm

Clinical Programme in Ophthalmology
Update from the National Lead for the Clinical Programme in Ophthalmology

Developing the Eye Care Strategy: where to next?

Ophthalmologist, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital and St James's Hospital, Dublin; National Clinical Lead for Ophthalmology

Orthoptics within the Public Health Service - the challenges and opportunities.

Senior Orthoptist, Health & Social Care Professions (HSCP) Lead for the National Clinical Programme in Ophthalmology.

Supporting and Developing the Role of Nursing and Ophthalmic Technician

Director of Nursing, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin

12.45pm Lunch
1.45pm

Clinical Session: Paediatrics

Person First: Assessing Vulnerable Adults with Additional Needs
 Ms Tania Constable,
Clinical Optometrist, CHO7

Community Paediatric Ophthalmology (Policies, Procedures and Integrated Approach)
 Dr Geraldine Comer
Ophthalmologist, University Hospital Galway (CHO2 West)

Retinopathy of Prematurity - Past, Present and Future'
 Dr Christine Bourke
Paediatric Ophthalmology Clinical Fellow, Children's Health Ireland at Temple Street and Crumlin Hospitals

  Q&A
2.45pm

Case Based Discussion


Ophthalmologist, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, CHO6 and CH07

3.15pm

The Role of Nutrition in Protecting Vision

The Evidence for Targeted Nutrition to Improve Visual Function
 Prof John Nolan
Founder and Director, Nutrition Research Centre Ireland; Howard Chair in Human Nutrition and Principal Investigator of the Macular Pigment Research Group, South East Technological University

Prof Nolan will also outline the plans for a New School of Optometry at South East Technological University.

4.00pm Meeting Close
 
 

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